Tuesdays With Morrie Digital Study Unit For Google Classroom

18 Digital Lesson FilesDigital LessonsFor LiteratureGrades 9-12To go with the bookTuesdays With MorrieBy Mitch AlbomTeacher’s Pet Publications

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIENameDateLesson 1Tuesdays With MorrieLesson 1 DirectionsPre-ReadingPreview (read through) the study questions for Tuesdays With Morrie “The Curriculum”through “The Audiovisual.”2. Complete the Vocabulary Worksheet for Tuesdays With Morrie “The Curriculum” through“The Audiovisual.”PL1.E“The Curriculum” through “The Audiovisual”ReadingM1. Read Tuesdays With Morrie “The Curriculum” through “The Audiovisual.”2. Keep your study questions in mind as you read.Post-ReadingSA1. Answer all of the study guide questions for “The Curriculum” through “The Audiovisual.”2. Complete the Reader Response Assignment for “The Curriculum” through “TheAudiovisual.” 2021 TPP All Rights Reserved2

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIENameDateVocabulary “The Curriculum” through “The Audiovisual” Part IBelow are the sentences or phrases in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read thegiven text. Use any clues you can find combined with your prior knowledge, and write what youthink the bold words mean in the spaces provided.The CurriculumE1.2. The SyllabusPL3. At a birthday party for a friend, he stumbled inexplicably.4. The lab report came back suggesting a neurological problem, and Morrie was brought infor yet another series of tests.M5. your soul, perfectly awake, is imprisoned inside a limp husk .SA6. But my old professor had made a profound decision, one he began to construct the dayhe came out of the doctor's office7. When some of his close colleagues would visit, he would say to them, "Listen, I have topee."8. The rest of us.stood there, silently, clearing the plates, averting our eyes.9. I decided I'm going to live.the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, withcomposure.10. What, Koppel asked, did Morrie dread the most about his slow, insidious decay? 2021 TPP All Rights Reserved3

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIENameDateVocabulary “The Curriculum” through “The Audiovisual” Part IIMatch the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.A. subjects comprising a course of study2. syllabusB. proceeding gradually with harmful effects3. inexplicablyC. dry outer covering of some seeds and vegetables4. neurologicalD. cannot be explained or accounted for5. huskE. being in control of oneself; calm7. colleagues8. averting9. composureF. people with whom one worksG. turning awayH. having to do with the nervous systemI. outline of the subjects in a course of studyJ. very great or intenseSAM10. insidiousPL6. profoundE1. curriculum 2021 TPP All Rights Reserved4

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIENameDateStudy Questions “The Curriculum” through “The Audiovisual”1.Who is the lone student attending the professor's last class and where is the class held?E2. Where does Morrie Swartz teach? Describe Morrie.PL3. What does Morrie give up when he knows something bad is coming?4. In August 1944, what was the neurologist's diagnosis of Morrie?M5. What decision does Morrie make as to how he will conduct the remainder of his life?SA6. Why does Morrie invite a group of friends and family to his home on a cold Sundayafternoon? 2021 TPP All Rights Reserved5

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIENameDateTuesdays With Morrie “The Curriculum” through “The Syllabus” Study Questions Page 27. What changes Mitch's life?E8. Mitch returns to school and earns a degree in journalism. Where does he eventually takea job and what does he do there?PL9. Mitch works hard, makes a lot of money, buys houses and cars and invests in stock. Aftera seven-year courtship, who does he marry?SAM10. Mitch recalls his first class with Morrie in 1976. What does Morrie ask Mitch? 2021 TPP All Rights Reserved6

TUESDAYS WITH MORRIENameDateReader Response Entry “The Curriculum” through “The Audiovisual”SAMPLEIn the space below, write a substantial response to the chapters of the book you have just read. Itcould be your thoughts on one of the following: an idea presented, an event, a character’sactions or attitude, a topic related in some way to something presented in this section of thenovel, a response to a particular passage that stood out to you as you read, or you could write acreative response like a poem or song lyrics as long as it is relevant in some way to what youhave just read. 2021 TPP All Rights Reserved7

To go with the book. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE Name Date Lesson 1 . The lab report came back suggesting a neurological problem, and Morrie was brought in . Tuesdays With Morrie “The Curriculum” through “The Syllabus” Study Questions Page 2 7. What changes Mitch's life? 8. Mitch returns to school and earns a degree in journalism.